activeresource Gem for Ruby lib/active_resource/connection.rb request Function Multiple Variable Format String
Published: August 15, 2008
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- OSVDB: OSVDB-95749
- Vendor Advisory: https://my.diffend.io/gems/activeresource/versions/2.1.0
GEM
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 2.2.0
DESCRIPTION
activeresource contains a format string flaw in the request function of lib/active_resource/connection.rb. The issue is triggered as format string specifiers (e.g. %s and %x) are not properly sanitized in user-supplied input when passed via the 'result.code' and 'result.message' variables. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
